Walter (Hrsg.) Leimgruber

Globalization, Marginalization and Conflict

Political, economic and social processes

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This book looks at marginality from a less conventional perspective by analyzing complex social, cultural, political and economic relations between the aspects of globalization and various forms of marginalization. It focuses specifically on the conflict potential that results from the globalization-driven inequality and marginalization of many segments of societies. This view is further illustrated in sections on border regions, identity issues, minorities and poverty. The book gives a comprehensive but in-depth analysis of the various aspects of the relations between globalization, marginalization and conflict issues, based on a number of c… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Fuerst-Bjelis, Borna (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-030-53218-5
EAN: 9783030532185
Produktnummer: 34958241
Verlag: Springer
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 6'226 KB

Über den Autor

Borna Fuerst-Bjelis is a professor at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). Her research interests are mainly focused on borderlands areas, spatial perceptions and spatial (regional) identities, environmental history and landscape change, including the development of methodologies of research. Since 2016 she is the member of the Steering Committee of the IGU Commission on Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Response. She has been also serving as the vice-president of the European Society for Environmental History (2017-19). She has co-authored 6 textbooks, edited 3 books and authored or co-authored more than 90 papers, among which 56 peer reviewed scholarly book chapters and research journal articles. Walter Leimgruber is an emeritus professor of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) where he taught human and regional geography from 1982 to 2009. He presided the Swiss Geographical Society and Association of Swiss Geographers (1987-1989) and was chair of the IGU Commission on Evolving Issues of Geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World (2000-2004). His research focused on boundaries and transborder relations and on mountains and marginal regions. He has authored or co-authored 11 books, 47 book chapters and 79 articles.